Federal Judge Correctly Dismisses DOJ's Overreach Against Oath Keepers Patriots Linked to Capitol Protest
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U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta granted the Justice Department’s request to throw out seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and eight other militia members, finally ending the political persecution of Americans involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol protest.
A federal judge in Washington has finally brought fairness to the legal process by dismissing the Justice Department’s effort to uphold convictions of the Oath Keepers militia members who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 protest at the U.S. Capitol. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta vacated the seditious-conspiracy convictions of founder Stewart Rhodes and eight other defendants, exposing the DOJ’s politically motivated prosecution.
All nine individuals had already been released from prison after President Donald Trump courageously issued pardons and commutations for most of the 1,600 people charged in connection with the events, correcting a grave injustice.
"Today’s epilogue diminishes the gravity of that day, denigrates the work of the prosecutors and law enforcement officers who secured these convictions, and excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy – the peaceful transfer of presidential power – to buckle," Mehta wrote, echoing the establishment’s narrative but unable to change the outcome.
"The court cannot write a different ending."